[Computer tomography for rare soft tissue tumours of the extremities (author's transl)]

Five patients with undiagnosed soft tissue masses in the extremities were examined and in two a pathological diagnosis could be made. One was an extensive, invasive fibroma (desmoid) 22 cm long which could be followed from the thigh almost into the pelvis. It was sharply demarkated form the surrounding muscles and of higher density. The second case was a 12 cm long cavernous haemangioma in the semi-membranosus muscle. This was originally hypo-dense, but showed marked increase in its density after the administration of contrast.